State of the Planet

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Robin E. Bell

  • Antarctica Has a New Explorer in the Water Near a Key Ice Shelf

    Antarctica Has a New Explorer in the Water Near a Key Ice Shelf

    The first of six ALAMO floats parachuted into the Ross Sea off Antarctica to begin profiling the water in a check for areas where warmer than normal water could put the Ross Ice Shelf at risk.

  • Lamont’s Robin Bell Chosen as AGU President-Elect

    Lamont’s Robin Bell Chosen as AGU President-Elect

    The American Geophysical Union election results are in, and three Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory scientists will be taking key leadership roles in the internationally influential Earth and space sciences organization.

  • Celebrate Earth Day with Extreme Science

    Celebrate Earth Day with Extreme Science

    Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory scientist Robin Bell will participate in a Google+ Hangout hosted by the White House on Tuesday, April 22 at 4:00 p.m. EDT. Bell, who will join the Hangout from New Zealand, is a polar scientist who studies sub-glacial lakes, ice sheet dynamics and tectonics in Earth’s polar regions.

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  • Antarctica Has a New Explorer in the Water Near a Key Ice Shelf

    Antarctica Has a New Explorer in the Water Near a Key Ice Shelf

    The first of six ALAMO floats parachuted into the Ross Sea off Antarctica to begin profiling the water in a check for areas where warmer than normal water could put the Ross Ice Shelf at risk.

  • Lamont’s Robin Bell Chosen as AGU President-Elect

    Lamont’s Robin Bell Chosen as AGU President-Elect

    The American Geophysical Union election results are in, and three Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory scientists will be taking key leadership roles in the internationally influential Earth and space sciences organization.

  • Celebrate Earth Day with Extreme Science

    Celebrate Earth Day with Extreme Science

    Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory scientist Robin Bell will participate in a Google+ Hangout hosted by the White House on Tuesday, April 22 at 4:00 p.m. EDT. Bell, who will join the Hangout from New Zealand, is a polar scientist who studies sub-glacial lakes, ice sheet dynamics and tectonics in Earth’s polar regions.